ReutersUntil perhaps Friday, the main perception among Western intelligence agencies and Washington policymakers has been that Islamic State poses “no immediate threat” to the United States or the West.

ReutersU.S. President Barack Obama vowed on Sunday to step up efforts to eliminate Islamic State in Syria and prevent it from carrying out attacks like those in Paris, while European leaders urged Russia to focus its military efforts on the radical Islamists.

An online profile of one of the men in a video posted by Islamic State after mass shootings and suicide bombings in Paris shows how hard it is to predict where the next threat will emerge.

Unlike the sons of Muslim immigrants wanting to reconnect with their identities, the blue-eyed man, who spoke from an undisclosed location in the online profile, said his family came from a small town in France.

"I was born into a Christian family and baptized as a child but we never spoke about religion and (my parents) never took me to church except for weddings and other formal occasions," he said as images of a baptism were shown.

ReutersIraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari has said his country's intelligence services shared information they had which indicated that France, the United States and Iran were among countries being targeted for attack.

ReutersTurkish authorities suspect a high-profile British jihadist detained in Turkey last week may have been planning attacks in Istanbul similar to those in Paris, two security sources told Reuters on Sunday.

ReutersFor the second time this year France's Muslims have seen carnage brought to the streets of Paris by a few radical Islamists and fear that they will now suffer as a consequence.

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Belgian officials say seven people have been detained in Brussels in connection to the Paris attacks, as French police release the first name of a suspected gunman. Diane Hodges reports.

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The family of a California student studying abroad fight back tears as news sinks in of Nohemi Gonzalez' death, after a string of deadly attacks in Paris on Friday. Gavino Garay reports.

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U.S. President Barack Obama vows to step up efforts to eliminate Islamic State in Syria, as world leaders meet at the G20 summit in Turkey. Diane Hodges reports.

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Japan to take anti-terrorism measures at home and to protect citizens overseas after Paris attacks: PM spokesman

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UK's Cameron to urge Putin to focus on fight against IS

British Prime Minister David Cameron has said he will urge Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday to focus Russian air strikes in Syria on Islamic State militants.

"We have our differences with the Russians, not least because they've done so much to degrade the non-ISIL opposition to Assad, people who could be part of the future of Syria," Cameron told reporters on Sunday ahead of a meeting with Putin on the sidelines of a G20 summit in Turkey.

"The conversation I want to have with Vladimir Putin is to say, look, there is one thing we agree about, which is (that) we'd be safer in Russia, we'd be safer in Britain if we destroy ISIL. That's what we should be focusing on."

Cameron also said the attacks in Paris had made it "even more clear" that Islamic State militants must be defeated, whether in Iraq or Syria.

Britain is participating in air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq, but will not extend the mission to Syria unless the move is endorsed by lawmakers, something that has until now appeared unlikely.

"Others are taking action in Syria which we both support and enable, but we've got to keep on making the case that we will be safer in the UK, in France, right across Europe, if we destroy this death cult once and for all," he told reporters.

Police have identified two more French nationals who blew themselves up in the coordinated attacks in Paris on Friday, the prosecutor said, and also put out a request for a Belgian-born man they warned was dangerous.

"Two more terrorists killed in the night of Nov. 13 were today formally identified through finger prints," the prosector said in a statement, adding they were French and living in Belgium.

The two men, aged 20 and 31, were suicide bombers at the Stade de France and at a bar in the 11th district.

On their Twitter feed the police said they were also seeking a Belgian-born man, Abdeslam Salah in connection with the attack, describing him "dangerous".

(WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT) French police are questioning the relatives of one of the suicide attackers who brought carnage to Paris as a row over Europe's refugee crisis re-ignited, with conservatives demanding an end to ''the days of uncontrolled immigration''.

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People gather outside Notre Dame Cathedral where a mass is held following a series of deadly attacks in Paris. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol

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UPDATE: Kremlin's Sherpa to G20 says leaders to discuss fate of Assad on Sunday night in talks about Syria and terrorism.

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People gather outside Notre Dame Cathedral where a mass is held following a series of deadly attacks in Paris. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

The United States has carried out a fresh delivery of ammunition to fighters from the Syrian Arab Coalition battling Islamic State in northern Syria, pushing ahead with a strategy that initially unnerved ally Turkey, a U.S. official told Reuters on Sunday.

The delivery of ammunition represented only the second time the United States has moved to arm the Syrian Arab Coalition, a collection of about 10-12 groups numbering about 5,000 fighters. They are working with Kurds and others to claw back land from Islamic State.

In a shift in approach, the latest U.S. resupply operation was completed on Saturday by delivering the weaponry by land, the U.S. official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

It was not immediately clear who transported the ammunition into Syria, but the official said American troops did not drive them into the country.

ReutersThe United States and France agreed on concrete steps to ramp up the fight against Islamic State during a phone call between U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and French Minister of Defense Jean-Yves Le Drian, the Pentagon said in a statement on Sunday.

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People line up outside Notre Dame Cathedral (unseen) where a mass is held following a series of deadly attacks in Paris. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

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Children light candles in memory of victims of the Paris attacks, in the coastal city of Limassol, Cyprus. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou

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Panic-stricken people who had gathered at Le Carillon restaurant in Paris, the site of one of last Friday's attacks, suddenly run away from the scene en masse for reasons that were not immediately clear. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

ReutersOne of Paris's favorite sites for protests, almost empty in the immediate wake of bloody attacks on Friday, filled up again on Sunday despite a ban on public rallies and a tense atmosphere among the thousands of French demonstrators.

Early leads in the investigation into the deadly Paris attacks point to the likelihood of a team led by French nationals, based in Belgium, and which may have used a refugee route from Syria via Greece to link up for their killing spree.

Details are only slowly emerging of the seven dead attackers and an eighth assailant still on the run who perpetrated strikes on Paris bars, a concert hall and a soccer stadium that killed 132 people and injuring 349.

But elements pieced together so far suggest a well-organized and trained multinational commando team, backed by an equally cross-border network reaching from the Middle East to Brussel's rundown suburbs, via the Greek island of Leros and the French cathedral town of Chartres - and possibly involving Germany.

The international reach of their network prompted French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve to call for an urgent European Union meeting to assess what new security measures the bloc needs to counter such threats.

"The abject attack was prepared overseas, mobilized a team based on Belgium territory and benefited from support in France," he told a news conference with his Belgium counterpart.

CBS rescheduled two television episodes of its original series "Supergirl" and "NCIS Los Angeles" out of sensitivities to this week's deadly attacks in Paris, the network said on Sunday.

The rescheduled episode of "Supergirl," a new show about a young, female superhero, dealt with bombings in the fictitious National City and had been scheduled to run on Monday, the network said in a statement. In its place, CBS will air an episode focusing on the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday.

"NCIS Los Angeles," a law enforcement drama, had been scheduled to air an episode on Monday about women recruited by extremist organizations. In its place the network said it will broadcast an episode unrelated to warfare or religious extremism.

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